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Plants that are close together do everything they can to intercept light. This "shade avoidance" response has been extensively researched.
How plants compete for light: Researchers discover new mechanism in shade avoidance
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Billions of years ago, long before anything resembling life as we know it existed, meteorites frequently pummeled the planet.
Giant meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago may have aided early life
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More than 800,000 km2 of the Arctic were affected by human activity in 2013, according to an analysis of satellite-derived data on artificial light at night.
Satellite-derived data on artificial light at night indicate rapidly increasing industrial activities in the Arctic
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A group of McMaster researchers who routinely work with bacteriophages—viruses that eat bacteria—had a pleasant and potentially very important surprise while preparing slides to view under a powerful microscope.
Unexpected beauty and major antimicrobial power boost as phages form into surprising flower shapes
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Although smell has historically played an important role in the fight against diseases such as the plague and tuberculosis, the human nose is generally not sensitive enough to be used as a reliable diagnostic tool.
Artificial 'nose' can sniff out damaged fruit and spoiled meat
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We've all been there—caught outside without an umbrella as the sky opens up. Whether it's a light drizzle or a heavy downpour, instinct tells us that running will minimize how wet we get.
Walk or run in the rain? A physics-based approached to staying dry (or at least drier)
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During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant relatives died near a river in the Kashmir Valley of South Asia.
Rare fossils of extinct elephant document the earliest known instance of butchery in India
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Invasive insect species bring a host of health, social, ecological and economic consequences, including crop damage, food insecurity, biodiversity loss, ecosystem disruption, human disease transmission and rising allergy rates.
Accurately weighing costs and benefits of different methods for controlling invasive species
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In high school science class, we learned that plugging a cable into an electrical circuit sets off a flow of electrons, powering everything from our lights to our phones.
Viscous electronics: Fluid-like electrons are unlocking new tech possibilities
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